The Brooklyn Atlantics

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. It was the first season in the American Association

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 for the team, and they finished the year in ninth place.

The Brooklyn

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 baseball team had played as the Brooklyn Grays in the Interstate Association

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 in , where they won the championship. In 1884, Charles Byrne moved the team into the American Association, renaming them the Atlantics in tribute to the old National Association

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 Brooklyn Atlantics

Brooklyn Atlantics

The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn was baseball's first champion and its first dynasty.Established in 1855, Atlantic was a founding member of the National Association of Base Ball Players in 1857. In 1859, with a record of 11 wins and 1 loss, Atlantic emerged as the recognized champions of...

 team.

Roster

1884 Brooklyn Atlantics
Roster
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Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs Scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR
C		52	185	17	39	.211	0
1B		76	273	28	66	.242	3
2B		92	385	52	83	.216	3
3B		84	352	40	78	.222	1
SS		107	391	68	82	.210	0
OF		106	433	57	109	.252	2
OF		81	301	45	67	.223	3
OF		95	382	59	103	.270	2

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs Scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR
	49	189	25	38	.201	1
	41	153	19	36	.235	1
	25	90	10	16	.178	0
	24	82	13	19	.232	0
	16	58	7	11	.190	0
	16	51	4	12	.235	0
	4	13	2	4	.308	0

Starting pitchers

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
	56	55	54	476.0	19	35	3.55	72	230
	41	41	41	361.3	18	20	3.81	72	122
	13	13	10	105.3	3	9	4.44	15	25

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	2	0	0	0	12.60	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet